July 11, 2025
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You Don’t Have to Believe in God to Find Hope in Pope Leo
“A world without hope is a world on the brink. And we are teetering.”
What Should You Read Next? Here Are the Best Reviewed Books of the Week
Featuring Daniel Kehlmann, Amanda Hess, Florence Knapp, and More
On the Lit Hub Podcast: Pulitzer Intrigue, Sinners and Vampires, and the NEA
Featuring Marie-Helene Bertino, Meg Reid, and Drew Broussard
What Motherhood in Kenya Reveals About the Nature of Family
Abigail Leonard Explores the Intersections of Traditional and Modern Parenting in East Africa
Friend, Foe, Family, Stranger: Fourteen Books on Black Motherhood by Black Daughters
Tramaine Suubi Recommends Toi Derricotte, Toni Morrison, Deesha Philyaw, and More
On Being a Poor Black Punk and Working at the Strand Bookstore
Patrick Dougher Shares a Post-Punk NYC Bildungsroman
Locked in Rapunzel’s Tower: Reflections on the Art Monster and Women’s Loneliness
Amie Souza Reilly Reimagines the Fairytale’s Sorceress, Surrealism, and Motherhood
A Ritual of Remembrance: Joy Harjo on the Aftermath of Her Mother’s Death
From Dana Tiger’s Illustrated Adaptation of the Poem, “Washing My Mother’s Body”
Two Households, Both Alike in Indignity: An Interview with Anne Ursu
Gavin J. Grant and Anne Ursu on Chronic Illness, Writing, and Family
Three Great Audiobooks about Chinese Cuisine
from AudioFile's Behind the Mic, with Robin Whitten and Jo Reed
How a Group of Fearless American Women Defied Convention to Defeat the Nazis
Becky Aikman on the “Atta-Girls,” the Pilots Who Chased Adventure During the Second World War
Ways of Remembering: A Father and Daughter Navigate Loss Together
“Is this my family’s thing? The need to pin memories down, preserve them in a drawer, put a frame around them?”
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